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by tzs 89 days ago
> I appreciate the principled stand, but on the other hand the CA law only requires users to self-identify when setting up accounts (and then the OS will expose age to apps).

It is narrower than that. It only applies to accounts whose user is a child and is the primary user of the device.

See section 1798.500 (i) which says [1]:

  (i) “User” means a child that is the primary user of the device.


[1] https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-civ/division-3/...